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quicklime

[ kwik-lahym ]

quicklime

/ ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm /

noun

  1. another name for calcium oxide
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of quicklime1

1350–1400; Middle English quyk lym, translation Latin calx vīva; quick, lime 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quicklime1

C15: from quick (in the archaic sense: living) + lime 1
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Example Sentences

It was the custom to bury in quicklime in the prison yard the bodies of all the prisoners who died while in custody.

Rhusma, rus′ma, n. a mixture of quicklime and orpiment, used as a depilatory.

Sulphur and quicklime, separate or combined, dug into the soil around the vines, is a preventive.

Ashes or quicklime, sprinkled over the leaves when they are wet with dew or rain, is an effectual remedy.

They were then to be placed in a sack filled with quicklime.

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